skia2/site/user/index.md
jcgregorio 942262fcb5 First set of minimal docs for the new Markdown server, which will eventually replace https://sites.google.com/site/skiadocs/.
Design of the new Markdown server is documented here:

  https://github.com/google/skia-buildbot/blob/master/doc/README.md

  You can see the server up and running here: http://skiadocs.com:8000/

  This is *reed because it adds a new top level directory to the skia repo.

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Review URL: https://codereview.chromium.org/835083003
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User Documentation

If you want to write code that uses the Skia library, this is the place for you.

The Skia graphics library can be used for drawing Text, Geometries, and Images:

  • 3x3 matrices w/ perspective
  • antialiasing, transparency, filters
  • shaders, xfermodes, maskfilters, patheffects
  • subpixel text

Device backends for Skia currently include:

  • Raster
  • OpenGL
  • PDF
  • XPS
  • Picture (for recording and then playing back into another Canvas)